But for one man, that moment was the start of an obsession - which has now led to him having one of the world's biggest collections of Wizard Of Oz memorabilia.
Walter Krueger, 28, from near Chicago, Il., became so enchanted with the adventures of Dorothy and her friends that he spent the past two decades filling his house with Oz characters, clothes and artwork - which he says are now worth more than half a million dollars.
The superfan - who says he has watched the film 'thousands and thousands' of times - has spent £120,000 amassing a massive haul of around 10,000 pieces of memorabilia, including a replica of Dorothy's famous ruby slippers...
'When I was younger I was bullied horribly at school for being gay and when I was 16 my mother passed away.
'Oz became a refuge, it was something to cling on to - I can’t imagine going through that without it.'
Mail Online.
Bit of a bombshell/bummer finding out he's a fag, but life goes on.
She's rocking that Munchkin look, though.
Oh, and the Mail neglects to mention today would have been Judy Garland's 92nd birthday - shoddy.
She's rocking that Munchkin look, though.
Oh, and the Mail neglects to mention today would have been Judy Garland's 92nd birthday - shoddy.
PS Fagburn knows of a gay journalist whose collection of Oz memorabilia is similarly unsettling ...
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